Anti-Muslim hate and antisemitism are twin crises. We must confront them together | Binairfer Nowrojee

The two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers. But they overlap even as Muslim and Jewish communities are pitted against each otherThe shooting at a mosque and school in San Diego has forced Muslim Americans to ask themselves painful questions. After the killing of three people in an armed attack last week, they now wonder if other places of worship will be targeted next, whether they can still send children to school and trust that they will return home unharmed, and whether they can still safely walk the streets as people identifiable by their faith.These are also questions that Jewish communities are reckoning with, most recently after the stabbings in London’s Golders Green neighborhood. Over the past three years, against the backdrop of wars in the Middle East, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate have flared across the west, with each rising to record levels. But these two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers, let alone confronted as a common threat to societies. Continue reading…

The two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers. But they overlap even as Muslim and Jewish communities are pitted against each otherThe shooting at a mosque and school in San Diego has forced Muslim Americans to ask themselves painful questions. After the killing of three people in an armed attack last week, they…

The two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers. But they overlap even as Muslim and Jewish communities are pitted against each otherThe shooting at a mosque and school in San Diego has forced Muslim Americans to ask themselves painful questions. After the killing of three people in an armed attack last week, they now wonder if other places of worship will be targeted next, whether they can still send children to school and trust that they will return home unharmed, and whether they…